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Missile blitz where assad watched chilling say or an attack and calls for alice to help and its bloodshed. thats the headline in the british sunday newspaper this morning where word has reached across the pond that the united states has taken action in syria. lets turn to ambassador dennis ross, former special assistant to president obamas special advisor to hillary clinton. hes also fox news contributor. good aiming. how has the world reacted to such a thing? it seems like from canada to many o...

Well and along comes this strike in syria which horrified anyone who had ever seen it. it was an opportunity to take a stand and he took it. >> he took it and its going to be popular with republicans, its going to be popular very much on syria, its going to be popular with the democrats. and for trump, if we were to distill the cynical politics, it allows him to not be obama. he has so wanted to distinguish his presidency from everybody, from other presidents have come before. this allows him, o...

People to decide through diplomatic work what is going to be there next feature government and the u.s. now saying that given what assad and these chemical weapons and they dont see any realistic way for assad to be part of that, that being a similar message to for years that we heard from barack obama and the administration. >> so many of the -- born in syria anymore because the billions that they fled that country. there has to be a point to restore syria and put it cities and towns back toget...

Like they were somehow joining forces with iran and assad, who were in a sense killing. they dont want to be seen as part of that. here he might be prepared to do more and his response to what the u.s. is acting of them. i could see a possibility with the sunni arab states. the question is where the europeans do more? its quite possible. i think they were probably more focused on what can be done to make the process of a cease-fire in syria. the process of politically trying to create a transiti...

Regime, having brought in so short of she a militia starting with his has bola. there is a response where the united states has made it very clear that we are drawing a line and acting on that. we are making it clear that the onside regime cant act with impunity and the message that is complacently one that goes to the iranians and thats very much welcomed by israeli. you saw what pedro netanyahu just said. its also very much welcomed by the city states as well. also the middle east, again, what...

Put me in a situation that could escalate rather quickly. im going to back down. or you see assad say im not going to be cowered by it and try to do something to show he is still a force to be reckoned with. after the u.s. launches these missiles instead of taking them back, and it really can go into different directions, if we are going to see that play out in a lot of the u.s. relationships, not only was i iran were trump has tried to be more aggressive but so far affected the nuclear deal but...

Assad, have something that is acceptable to all parties but allows us to stay here. i think thats a very optimistic view. it arguably means that the russians will say no, lets let this continue. because it was just one air strike. it was just one airbase. it didnt take out an air force, its clear that the u.s. is approaching this with limitations. it is not getting massively involved. lets just let assad continue this. such that when negotiations do begin, hes in an ever more powerful position t...

That. a lot depends upon what the russian reaction is. here i would say there is an interesting reality. we are in a position where we could say to the russians, there is going to be an ongoing insurgency against assad. and ironically because of what we have done tonight, were probably going to see many of the opposition forces who have been fighting assad whose morale is very much shaken by the impact of the russian intervention. they been out to be one voice. they may now be more determined to...

More use of chemical weapons? if it looks like he can somehow begin to change the dynamic within the war within syria. the war -- there been two wars within syria. one against isis and the other gets assad. it looks like it might be able to effect, that she will be come something as well. time will tell. we will see if something will change beyond just what the use of sending a message about use of chemical weapons. >> secretary of state tillerson said the white house and others within the admin...

>> years of previous attempts at changing assads behavior have all failed and failed very dramatically. tonight i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types. >> well, candidate trump came into office promising a dramatically different approach to assad and syria. >> we cant fight syria and assad, who is not a good guy, but were backing people to fight assad. we have no idea. look at hillary ...